[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 741 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 741

  Expressing support for designation of October 8, 2009, as national 
                Jumpstart's ``Read for the Record Day''.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 14, 2009

   Ms. Markey of Colorado (for herself, Ms. Edwards of Maryland, Mr. 
   Kennedy, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Olver, Mr. McGovern, Ms. DeGette, Mrs. 
 Capps, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Teague, Ms. Titus, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Minnick, 
Mr. Crowley, Mr. Adler of New Jersey, Mr. Peters, Ms. Shea-Porter, Mr. 
    Welch, Mrs. Dahlkemper, Mr. Schauer, Ms. Schwartz, Ms. Moore of 
 Wisconsin, Mr. Sires, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. McMahon, Mr. Lujan, 
   and Mr. Blumenauer) submitted the following resolution; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Education and Labor

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Expressing support for designation of October 8, 2009, as national 
                Jumpstart's ``Read for the Record Day''.

Whereas Jumpstart, a national early education organization, is working to ensure 
        that all children in the United States enter school prepared to succeed;
Whereas year-round, Jumpstart recruits and trains college students and community 
        volunteers to work with preschool children in low-income communities, 
        helping them to develop the language, literacy, and social skills they 
        need to succeed in school and in life;
Whereas since 1993, Jumpstart has engaged nearly 21,000 adults to serve almost 
        80,000 young children in communities across the Nation;
Whereas Jumpstart's Read for the Record, presented in partnership with the 
        Pearson Foundation, is an annual campaign, now in its fourth year, that 
        brings national attention to the crisis in early education by organizing 
        the world's largest shared reading experience;
Whereas the goals of the campaign are to raise national awareness about the 
        importance of early education by engaging 1,000,000 children reading the 
        same book on the same day, provide books to children in low-income 
        households through donations and book purchases and sponsorship, and 
        raise money to help bring Jumpstart to more children to prepare them for 
        school success;
Whereas Jumpstart hopes to engage more than 1,000,000 children to read ``The 
        Very Hungry Caterpillar'' in this record-breaking celebration of 
        reading, service, and fun, all in support of the Nation's preschoolers; 
        and
Whereas October 8, 2009, would be an appropriate date to designate as national 
        Jumpstart's ``Read for the Record Day'' because it is the date Jumpstart 
        aims to set a new world record for the world's largest shared reading 
        experience on the same day: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) supports the designation of ``Read for the Record 
        Day'';
            (2) commends Jumpstart's Read for the Record in its fourth 
        year; and
            (3) encourages adults, including grandparents, parents, 
        teachers, and college students to come together with children 
        of all ages to create the world's largest shared reading 
        experience to show their support for early literacy and 
        Jumpstart's year-long program working with preschool children 
        in low-income communities.
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